Witnessing the Unspoken
Date: 17 March 2012
10am - 12.30pm
Wendy Bratherton
Respondent: Judith Woodhead
Chair: Margaret Wilkinson
“We must assume the self means us to live in the body”
C.G. Jung (Zarathrustra Seminars)
In the therapeutic dyad the witnessing of the other’s distress may be perceived on different levels. This happens through words and also body to body as non-verbal communication. Sometimes patients, especially those with early trauma, may need touch in order to begin to have an embodied sense of feeling in themselves. Without this they may always live with a degree of dissociation. Symptoms in the body, like dreams, may represent aspects of the shadow and images arising from the body, from this unseen realm, provide a way of relating to the silent self which may be hidden deep inside.
The insights afforded by recent discoveries in neuroscience show how different approaches may inform one another in the therapeutic domain (for example, Jungian Analysis and Cranio-sacral therapy sit well together) and may allow a resolution of seemingly intractable defences arising from the psyche-soma split. Some clinical examples will be discussed.
Wendy Bratherton is a Professional Member of the SAP and Training Analyst and supervisor for the BAP, in private practice in Cambridge. She runs Infant Observation Seminars, is a Cranio-sacral Therapist and trained in BodySoul Rhythms work with Marion Woodman. She co-leads workshops on embodying dreams.
Judith Woodhead, PhD, is a Professional Member and former Chair of the SAP and works in private practice in Bedford. As consultant parent-infant psychotherapist at the Anna Freud Centre, she works with infants and their parent(s). Judith writes, supervises, teaches and lectures in the UK and internationally.
Cost: £25 (£15 for students with ID) Tea and coffee will be served
Venue: 120 Belsize Lane, London, NW3 5BA
ADVANCE BOOKING NECESSARY
020 7435 7696
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